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England's chocolate-box tourist towns and villageshttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/aug/17/england-chocolate-box-tourist-villages
Postcard-perfect towns and villages up and down Britain are tourist favourites for good reason<p>They are gems in the nation's tourist crown, honeypots beloved of day-trippers and artists, and derided by gritty novelists. They embody Englishness to makers of chocolate boxes and expatriates dreaming of home. From Lulworth to Broadway, Castle Combe to Robin Hood's Bay, the picture-book villages of England are famous for a reason. They are lovely.</p><p><a href="http://www.clovelly.co.uk/" title="Clovelly"><strong>Clovelly</strong></a><strong> </strong>in north Devon tumbles down a wooded hillside to the sea, defying wheeled transport as it once defied customs officers. Built on fishing and smuggling, it is a huddled defile in which ancient whitewashed cottages decked with begonias and geraniums seem about to slide downhill. From the cliff above, Clovelly's roofs and chimneys form a cubist painting against the blue sea. The charm of the climb down the stepped main street, Up Along Down Along, to the <a href="http://www.clovelly.co.uk/red_lion_intro.php" title="Red Lion hotel, Clovelly">Red Lion</a> pub is diminished only by the thought of walking up again.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/aug/17/england-chocolate-box-tourist-villages">Continue reading...</a>HeritageUnited KingdomDevonSuffolkCultural tripsYorkshireGloucestershireTravelEnglandFri, 17 Aug 2012 21:45:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/aug/17/england-chocolate-box-tourist-villagesAlamyPretty in pink, white and gold … Lavenham in Suffolk, England. Photograph: AlamyAlamyPretty in pink, white and gold … Lavenham in Suffolk, England. Photograph: AlamySimon Jenkins2012-08-17T21:45:01ZRide the Hogwarts Castle locomotive in the Cotswoldshttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/may/22/gloucestershire-warwickshire-steam-railway
<p>It may lack Platform 9&frac34;, but from 23-26 May, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway has the next best thing: the Hogwarts Castle locomotive. You can ride Harry Potter's steam engine over the 10 miles from Cheltenham Racecourse as part of the railway's 25th anniversary Cotswold Festival of Steam - the first time a locomotive has run on a heritage railway. </p><p>• <a href="http://www.gwsr.com">gwsr.com</a>. Adults &pound;14, children 5-15 &pound;10, under-5s free, family ticket &pound;34 - all tickets allow unlimited travel.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/may/22/gloucestershire-warwickshire-steam-railway">Continue reading...</a>HeritageRail travelGloucestershireTravelUnited KingdomCotswoldsEnglandFri, 22 May 2009 23:04:59 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/may/22/gloucestershire-warwickshire-steam-railwayGuardian Staff2009-05-22T23:04:59ZHidden things to see and do in Britain part two: Katie Jarvis explores a maritime graveyardhttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/apr/05/maritime-graveyard-gloucestershire
Katie Jarvis explores a maritime graveyard for old industrial ships in Gloucestershire<p>Few sights are more eerie than the lonely graveyard alongside the river Severn. Follow the canal towpath south from the bridge opposite Purton church and one-third of a mile along, you'll find bleached bones sticking out of the bank below: carcasses of ships that once carried coal, wood and grain, fuelling the industries of the Midlands.</p><p>There are no signs to guide you to the Purton Hulks. After several false starts through brambles, I stumbled across them, rising from the brown silt as they once rose above the waves.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/apr/05/maritime-graveyard-gloucestershire">Continue reading...</a>HeritageGloucestershireUnited KingdomTravelEnglandSat, 04 Apr 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/apr/05/maritime-graveyard-gloucestershireAlamyMaritime graveyard, Purton, Gloucestershire, England. Photograph: AlamyAlamyMaritime graveyard, Purton, Gloucestershire, England&#13; Photograph: AlamyKatie Jarvis2009-04-04T23:01:00ZGreat British escapes ... Forest of Deanhttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/apr/05/forest-of-dean
Everyone should experience springtime in the ancient Forest of Dean, England's largest oak woodland, at least once, says Katie Jarvis<p>Everyone should experience springtime in the ancient Forest of Dean, England's largest oak woodland, at least once. The one-time hunting ground of Norman kings, the forest's 20 million trees are sandwiched between the Severn and the Wye. In early April, wild daffodils gild the &quot;golden triangle&quot; around the villages of <strong>Oxenhall</strong>, <strong>Kempley </strong>and <strong>Dymock</strong>; traditional orchards, famous for their Blakeney pears, Blaisdon Red plums and a profusion of old apple varieties, are a-froth with blossom; and the air is scented with primrose, violet, celandine and wood anemone. The towns - <strong>Newent</strong>,<strong> Cinderford</strong>,<strong> Coleford </strong>and <strong>Lydney</strong> - are a throwback to an England of 50 years ago; plus the forest offers fantastic cycle paths, beautiful walks, and kayaking on the Wye. The Dean Outdoors Festival (25 April-3 May; <a href="http://www.active.visitforestofdean.co.uk">active.visitforestofdean.co.uk</a>) is an ideal way to sample activities on offer.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/apr/05/forest-of-dean">Continue reading...</a>United KingdomHeritageRest and relaxationGloucestershireWalking holidaysFamily holidaysTravelEnglandSat, 04 Apr 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/apr/05/forest-of-deanThe Forestry CommissionThe Forest of Dean is England's first national forest park and largest oak woodland. Photograph: The Forestry CommissionThe Forestry CommissionThe Forest of Dean is England's first national forest park and largest oak woodland. Photograph: The Forestry CommissionKatie Jarvis2009-04-04T23:01:00ZHidden things to see and do in Britain part two: Old courts and prisonshttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/apr/05/old-courts-prisons-britain
Old courts and prisons reveal the history of how our judicial system has changed<p>A cornerstone of British life is that justice must be seen to be done and therefore every courthouse and courtroom is potentially open to the public. Most of the British population lives within a few miles of a working courthouse, many of which are splendid Georgian or Victorian buildings and the grandest of them all, London's Royal Courts of Justice, actively encourages people to marvel at the splendours of its marbled halls (<a href="http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/infoabout/rcj/history.htm">hmcourts-service.gov.uk</a>).</p><p>Modern prisons, unsurprisingly, are less welcoming to the casual visitor but there are many old prisons and courts that capture the atmosphere of Britain's historic legal system. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/apr/05/old-courts-prisons-britain">Continue reading...</a>HeritageUnited KingdomGloucestershireWalesCornwallScotlandYorkshireLiverpoolManchesterNottinghamDevonKentTravelSat, 04 Apr 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/apr/05/old-courts-prisons-britainAlamyLittledean jail, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK. Photograph: AlamyAlamyLittledean jail, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK Photograph: AlamyAllan Brodie and Gary Winter of English Heritage2009-04-04T23:01:00ZSecret Britain travel guide part one: follieshttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/apr/04/follies-walking-secret-britain
These eccentric buildings were a fun form of 18th-century self-expression<p>A classic example of the 18th-century concept of a &quot;sublime landscape&quot; with cliffs, crags, crevasses and caves. Along a three-hour walking route there is a series of follies, including the Grotto Hill, originally a copper mine, with a labyrinth of chambers and stygian passages to explore, the Swiss Bridge, a rustic wooden bridge over a 30-metre chasm and a 35-metre column: climb it for views of 13 counties.<br />• Hawkstone Park, Weston-under-Redcastle, Shrewsbury; 01939 200611; <a href="http://www.hawkstone.co.uk">hawkstone.co.uk</a></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/apr/04/follies-walking-secret-britain">Continue reading...</a>United KingdomHeritageWalking holidaysGloucestershireTravelScience and natureBooksHeritageExhibitionsArt and designEnglandFri, 03 Apr 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/apr/04/follies-walking-secret-britainIIC/ Axiom/GettyRome comes to Ireland ... Mussenden Temple, based on Tivoli's Temple of Vesta, in Co Derry. Photograph: IIC/ Axiom/GettyIIC/ Axiom/GettyMussenden Temple, Co Derry, Ireland Photograph: IIC/ Axiom/GettyLinda Wade2009-04-03T23:01:00Z